HPS Corporate Lending Fund 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 20, 2024

HPS CORPORATE LENDING FUND

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	814-01431	84-6391045
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

40 West 57th Street, 33rd Floor
New York, New York	10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 287-6767

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 20, 2024 (the “

Amendment Date

”), HPS Corporate Lending Fund (the “

Fund

”) executed the Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (the “

Amendment

”), amending that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2024, among the Fund, as equityholder and as collateral manager, HLEND Holdings E, L.P. as borrower (the “

Borrower

”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as document custodian, and the lenders from time to time party thereto (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2024, and as further amended and/or supplemented from time to time prior to the Amendment Date, the “

Credit Agreement

”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement (as amended by the Amendment).

The Amendment, among other things, increases the total facility amount from $750,000,000 to $1,000,000,000.

The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on

Form 8-K and

incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03. Creation of Direct Financial Obligation.

The information included under Item 1.01 above regarding the Amendment and the Amended Credit Facility is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

10.1

Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2024, among HPS Corporate Lending Fund, as equityholder and as collateral manager, HLEND Holdings E, L.P., as borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as document custodian, and the lenders party thereto.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		HPS CORPORATE LENDING FUND
Date: December 20, 2024	By:	/s/ Robert Busch
	Name:	Robert Busch
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer